They evolved from there to include folding travel hangers and some with extras little hooks for belts. Tailors and clothing merchants soon discovered that hangers would be a good way to advertise their businesses, and from there evolved the wooden advertising hanger!

So, aside from using them for the obvious… to hang your clothes (so much better for your clothing than wire hangers… so much prettier than plastic!) here are a few ways you could display a collection of your own:

I just hang them up over the curtain in the laundry room, kind of like a little valance :o)

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Here is a tip too… don’t pass up hangers with crochet covers like these:

They are usually crocheted over a wooden hanger… sometimes a wooden advertising hanger, that's how I found a couple of mine! You can spread the crochet apart and see if you can see any letters before you rip them up… These are nice, I’m not sure I would tear these apart… but some… well, they leave a little to be desired and in that case go for it!!

In case you missed the first two posts in this series you can see them here:

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